INTERPRETATION OF THE PHENOMENOLOGY OF CONSCIOUSNESS INVENTORY: PEKALA’S HYPNOTIC ASSESSMENT PROCEDURE (PCI-HAP) INVENTORY FOR THE STUDY OF HYPNOTIC STATES

Procedures for estimating hypnotic depth have been used for more than 70 years. This study predicted self-reported hypnotic depth from the phenomenological and behavioral variables of the Phenomenology of Consciousness Inventory-Hypnotic Assessment Procedure (PCI-HAP). The PCI is the study of the modified states of consciousness during clinical hypnosis, and the study of the different stages of hypnosis. In Pekala’s et Al. study ‘How deeply hypnotized did I get? Predicting self-reported hypnotic depth from a phenomenological assessment instrument’, participants were divided into 2 groups; 1 was used to generate regression equations, and the other group was used for cross-validation. Both imagery vividness during hypnosis (imagoic suggestibility) and the PCI pHGS measure of hypnotic depth (hypnoidal state) accounted for most of the variance in self-reported hypnotic depth. The above results, further supported by correlational and 3-D visual analyses, are consistent with other researchers' observations that ratings of hypnotic depth are a function of: (a) alterations in subjective experience, and (b) the perception of responsiveness to suggestions